[Anne Of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery]@TWC D-Link bookAnne Of Green Gables CHAPTER XVIII 20/26
She wanted to see you, but I wouldn't wake you up.
She says you saved Minnie May's life, and she is very sorry she acted as she did in that affair of the currant wine.
She says she knows now you didn't mean to set Diana drunk, and she hopes you'll forgive her and be good friends with Diana again.
You're to go over this evening if you like for Diana can't stir outside the door on account of a bad cold she caught last night.
Now, Anne Shirley, for pity's sake don't fly up into the air." The warning seemed not unnecessary, so uplifted and aerial was Anne's expression and attitude as she sprang to her feet, her face irradiated with the flame of her spirit. "Oh, Marilla, can I go right now--without washing my dishes? I'll wash them when I come back, but I cannot tie myself down to anything so unromantic as dishwashing at this thrilling moment." "Yes, yes, run along," said Marilla indulgently.
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